What are the important events that happened on November 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 28 is the 332nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 15, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 490,080 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontadigon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 81 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,725 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 28 Historical Events
- 1443 –Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
- 1660 –At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
- 1666 –At least 3000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
- 1811 –Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
- 1843 –Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
- 1862 –American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke’s Confederates.
- 1885 –Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
- 1910 –Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
- 1912 –Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1966 –Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
Who were born on November 28?
- 1793 –Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish romantic poet (d. 1866)
- 1895 –José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980)
- 1936 –Gary Hart, American politician
- 1955 –Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
- 1958 –Dave Righetti, American baseball player
- 1967 –José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
- 1975 –Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
- 1977 –Marlon Broomes, British footballer
- 1984 –Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
- 1987 –Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
Who died on November 28?
- 1852 –Emmanuil Xanthos, figure of the Greek War of Independence, co-founder of Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
- 1878 –Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
- 1907 –Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
- 1945 –Dwight F. Davis, U.S. Secretary of War and donor of the Davis cup (b. 1879)
- 1960 –Richard Wright, American author (b. 1908)
- 1960 –Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
- 1978 –Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine football executive (b. 1902)
- 1983 –Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1993 –Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf) (b. 1946)
- 2003 –Ted Bates, English footballer (b. 1918)
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